An updated checklist for the pseudoscorpion fauna of Hungary (Arachnida: Pseudoscorpiones) Author Novák, János text Zootaxa 2024 2024-04-04 5433 1 51 95 http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5433.1.2 journal article 10.11646/zootaxa.5433.1.2 1175-5326 10953697 12A37ADF-99A9-4A4D-A8CC-E2C98B8B6D31 Chelifer cancroides ( Linnaeus, 1758 ) Acarus cancroides Linnaeus, 1758: 616 . Chelifer rutilans Tömösváry, 1882a: 202–203 ; Daday 1889a: 122 ; Daday 1918: 2 ; Novák & Dányi 2018: 314 . Chelifer cancroides : Tömösváry 1882a: 206–208 ; Daday 1889a: 121 ; Daday 1889b: 25 ; Pillich 1914: 153 ; Daday 1918: 2 ; SzentIvány 1941: 90; Szalay 1968: 64 ; Mahnert 1990: 684 ; Harvey 1991: 487–490 ; Kárpáthegyi 2007: 89 ; Christophoryová et al. 2011b: 37 ; Novák 2011: 69 ; Novák 2012: 62 ; Harvey 2013 ; Červená et al . 2020a: 223 . Chelifer cancroides cancroides : WPC 2023. Occurrence: cosmopolitan ( Harvey 2014 ; WPC 2023). Known localities in Hungary : Budapest ; Erdőbénye ; Komjáti ; Sárospatak ; Sátoraljaújhely ; Tapolca ; Tolcsva ; ( Tömösváry 1882a ). Ladány (Daday 18889); Simontornya ( Pillich 1914 ). Pusztapó ; Kőszeg ( Szent-Ivány 1941 ). Bakony Mts ; Gerecse Mts ; Pilis Mts ; Vértes Mts ( Loksa 1966 ). Bátorliget Swamp ( Mahnert 1990 ). Vál ( Kárpáthegyi 2007 ). Bakonybél ; Nyirád ( Novák 2011 ). Sajóecseg ( Novák 2012 ). New data : Budapest : from bed, 10.06.1936 , leg. JE (HNHM Pseud-1353: 1♂ , 1♀ , 1 juv. ) ; Budapest : Baross Str. 15, 23.05.1989 , leg. ??? (HNHM Pseud-1506: 1♀ ) ; Budapest : from book, 03.1982, leg. ZKO (HNHM Pseud-1355: 1♀ ) ; Budapest : from house, 24.05.1941 , leg. AK (HNHM Pseud-1495: 1 adult ) ; Pápa : 04.1896, leg. JW (HNHM Pseud-1361: 1♀ ) ; Pápa : from house room, 19.03.1910 , leg. ??? (HNHM Pseud-1494: 1 adult ) ; Pilismarót : from the attic of a church, 26.08.1953 , leg. GT (HNHM Pseud-1498: 10♂ , 13♀ ) ; Szigetbecse : from henhouse, 11.09.1988 , leg. OM (HNHM Pseud-1811: 1♂ ) ; Szigetbecse : around a house, 18.09.1988 , leg. OM (HNHM Pseud-1818: 1♂ ) . Habitat preference: Chelifer cancroides was reported under dead wood bark in Lithuania ( Krajčovičová et al. 2018 ). In Slovakia it has been found in bird nests, combined bird and mammal nests, and in synanthropic habitats ( Christophoryová et al . 2017b ). In Hungary it has been reported from henhouse ( Kárpáthegyi 2007 ), from houses, under bark of oak tree, and in beehives ( Novák 2011 , 2012 ). During the present study this synanthropic species was found in beds, in books, in the attic of a church, in henhouses, and in and around houses. Remarks: Chelifer cancroides was first recorded for Hungary by Tömösváry (1882a) , and it is widespread across the country.